Welcome to my Astronomy Page.  There are several pictures below with descriptions.

The image above was a timed photograph of a section of the Northern Sky as seen in Fall River, MA in August of 1975.  There are a few interesting features here that I cannot explain -- don't know what these are.   Note the white "blotch" in the left section of the image.  Also take note to the line-like object in the upper center, and just to the lower left of that object, there is what appears to be another strange formation of stars that almost seem to be in the mark of an "X".  I have no idea what these objects are.  I developed this picture along with the others shown below (except for the solar eclipse image which was a color film and developed professionally), myself.  I even re-washed the negative and dried it, then made this print again, and  the results were the same as you see above.  Also take note that the rest of the stars in this image show no apparent movement of the camera during the process, yet these strange objects still appear in the configuration you see above.  Very interesting uh?  The mysteries of the universe seem to be unlimited.

A Partial Eclipse of the Sun on December 24, 1973 in Fall River, MA.   This image was taken with a regular camera with color film.  I held the Solar Filter in front of the camera, then snapped the picture.   You can see a sunspot on the surface to the lower right.

Moon Trail.. Timed photograph taken in May, 1977 in Fall River, MA (my backyard).

Sunspot on the solar disk. The scratches on the image above were from the negative.

Clouds pass in front of the moon.. (in Fall River, MA)

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